Option to rewind and fast forward

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. I often listen to Daisy books during longer drives or when stuck in traffic 
jams :)
my phone is then connected to my carkit and sound comes through the speakers
when traffic info comes in, sound of my phone is cut of and I miss a few 
seconds of the current story
this makes it hard to follow sometimes
2. sometimes you just miss a detail you want to hear again :)

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
some option to rewind a few seconds (and possibly fast forward)
this could be a gesture which can be invoked a few times and rewinds in steps 
of 5secs

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
HTC Hero with Android 2.2.1

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by TheW...@gmail.com on 22 Jan 2011 at 4:34

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I agree this feature would be useful. I'll see if I can add it shortly and let 
you know. Would you be interested in subscribing to the project's Google Group? 
That way I can send announcements to the group such as new features more 
easily. Also, if you'd like to contact me by email directly (and this offer 
holds for other users of the software) I'd be happy to send updates directly. 
Perhaps you would also be willing to provide some feedback on this new feature 
once I've added it, etc...?

Julian

julianharty - at - gmail.com

Original comment by julianharty on 29 Jan 2011 at 2:33

• Changed state: Accepted
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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I am actively following this project and am really interested in it
I surely wouldn't mind providing feedback once the feature is added :)
thanks for wanting to add this feature!

Original comment by TheW...@gmail.com on 30 Jan 2011 at 11:20

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I'm going to see how I can add this capability in the current user interface. 
The underlying code should be relatively simple to actually navigate through 
the audio. If you have suggestions for good ways to interact with the software 
for fast-forward and rewind please let me know here, or by emailing the Google 
group for this project.

Julian

Original comment by julianharty on 20 May 2011 at 5:57

• Changed state: Started
• Added labels: Usability

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I've been thinking about this..
Most intuitive would be touch-and-hold the left part of the screen for rewind 
and touch-and-hold the right part of the screen for fast forward
if the touch length is less than 2 seconds pause, if it's 2 seconds or longer 
forward or rewind (for example)

it would also be nice if there's a way to directly enter position in minutes 
and seconds (perhaps a menu item or something)
as some books are converted from cassette recordings and have from 45 minutes 
per "chapter"

Original comment by TheW...@gmail.com on 22 May 2011 at 10:55

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While I don't think I have 'fixed' this request, I've released r267 (available 
on the Downloads page) that includes some basic support for the rewind and 
fast-forward capabilities. There are some technical limitations in the current 
user-interface code which means I cannot implement your sensible 
recommendations for the user-interactions. I hope I will be able to enhance the 
user-interface based on your suggestions relatively quickly. Perhaps you would 
be willing to try the interim release and see if it's usable even if it's not 
ideal.

Thanks

Julian

Original comment by julianharty on 17 Jun 2011 at 11:02

• Changed state: Fixed

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Hi Julian,

I tested this version in my car and had the usual interruptions of traffic info 
while the book was playing which causes me to miss a few seconds
an ideal time to test this new feature :)
I think you bypassed the current UI limitations in an elegant way, navigating 
felt quite natural and in my experience the 10 seconds interval is good
I would even like to suggest that when implementing other navigation options to 
also keep this feature (if future UI allows it) as I am liking it for quick 
short skips :)

thanks for the update!

Original comment by TheW...@gmail.com on 18 Jun 2011 at 4:26